GMVL will
devote a whole day to the work of Marcelle Deschênes on March 31, 2011. A morning concert of works by some of Marcelle
Deschênes’s ex-students — Alain Thibault, Louis
Dufort, Robert Normandeau, Roxanne
Turcotte… — followed by a master class in the afternoon and a solo concert in the evening.
All of these events take place at Théâtre de la Villa Gillet in Lyon (France).

Marcelle Deschênes starts a 3-week tour in Europe with a solo concert
presented by Les Acousmonautes at Cité de la musique in Marseille (France) on March 14, 2011. She will then take part in Ars Musica’s Night of
Electronic Music in Brussels (Belgium) on March 23. While in
residency at GMVL in Lyon (France) from March 24 to April 4 she will
perform a solo acousmatic concert presented by Motus at Les Voûtes in Paris (France) on
March 29 and a third solo concert preceded by a concert of works by her
ex-students both presented by GMVL at Villa Gillet in Lyon in March 31.

The 12th Sound Travels festival started on June 26, 2010 in Toronto
and will last until September 26. The concert Expansive
Spirits on August 7 will present works by Marcelle Deschênes, D
Andrew Stewart, and David Eagle. On August
8 the concert About HOME includes pieces by Manuella Blackburn, Natasha
Barrett, David Hindmarch, and Ned Bouhalassa.

After shows in Montréal in 1987 (Images du futur), in New York City in 1988 (Alternative
Museum), in Munich in 1990 (Bilder Digital Galerie), and in Reims in 1992 (Centre national d’art
technologique), the multimedia installation Big Bang II by Georges Dyens with music by Marcelle Deschênes will be
exhibited in Rivière-du-Loup (Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent) from October 9,
2009 to January 17, 2010.

Gilles Gobeil will present an
analysis of his most recent composition Castalie and of the works from the
disc petits Big Bangs by Marcelle Deschênes on October 30, 2008 at the Technische
Universität (TU) in
Berlin (Germany).

The 11th Opus prizes winners were announced yesterday, January 27,
2008, in Montréal. Amongst the 26 Opus Prizes… the “Album of the year — actuelle and
electroacoustic musics” is petits Big Bangs by
Marcelle Deschênes; the “Composer of the year” was given to Serge Arcuri; the “Tribute Award” was given to Otto
Joachim.

As you may know the piece Novars by Francis
Dhomont will be presented as part of the MANTIS festival during the concert launch of the
University of Manchester’s Studio Novars (UK). But that’s not all! This event also features the
works of Martin Bédard, Nicolas Bernier,
Ludger Brümmer, Marcelle Deschênes, Gilles Gobeil, Denis Smalley, Hans
Tutschku, Hildegard Westerkamp, Trevor
Wishart, and David Berezan and Jonty
Harrison who will each world premiere a new piece… In short, this event is not to be missed
and it takes place from November 2 to 4, 2007.

The 3rd part of June 18, 2007 radio programme Électrain de nuit —
broadcasted on France vivace (Radio France) and hosted by Christian Zanesi
and David Jisse — will be dedicated to label empreintes DIGITALes. The
music from the most recent releases by Mathew Adkins, Darren Copeland, Marcelle Deschênes, Gilles
Gobeil, and Adrian Moore will be on air on Monday morning
June 18 from 1 am to 4 am.

The petits Big Bangs by Marcelle Deschênes are a true retrospective of her mixed, multimedia & acousmatic
work from 1976 to 2002. 6 pieces — mastered by Dominique Bassal — to be
savoured in 24-bit sound. Jean-Noël von der Weid writes “Marcelle Deschênes’ creations devour. Because they are brief monuments; apocalyptic
waves breaking over extremely small spaces; amazed innocence within the thickness of opacity;
exuberance and decomposition.” Rosemary Mountain adds “Stormy, serene,
tender, bold — the music of Marcelle Deschênes moves with ease through the
gamut of emotions, often with an exhilarating rapidity.”